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Dead Island Lands At Lionsgate

I've been putting no small amount of time lately into Techland's recently released zombie beat-'em-up Dead Island. You non-gamers might know it from the really cool CG teaser/short film released earlier this year. Shortly after news on the game picked up again in 2011 -- it was first announced a few years before -- word emerged of plans for a film adaptation.

There's some movement on that front today. Rights to develop the adaptation have apparently gone to Lionsgate now that a dispute involving who actually owns the rights has been resolved. The Mummy producer Sean Daniel will fill the same role for Dead Island, alongside Stefan Sonnenfeld.

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"Like the hundreds of journalists and millions of fans who were so passionate and vocal about the Dead Island trailer, we too were awestruck," Lionsgate's Joe Drake said in a statement. "This is exactly the type of property we’re looking to adapt at Lionsgate, it’s sophisticated, edgy, and a true elevation of a genre that we know and love. It also has built in brand recognition around the world, and franchise potential."